The viscous lava accelerated its flow rate, and bursts of radiated heat rose up to the cave above. As the temperature began to rise, the huge creature in the lair was so long that people would misunderstand that it was dead. Its breathing began to speed up, and its heart pounded.
The agitation caused the dense white bones piled in the other corner of the cave to make a noisy noise. After blowing out two consecutive breaths that made the rock wall burn red, the slender pupils protected by the double eyelids of the black dragon Nidhogg (nhogg) were dimmed.
The light stimulated it, refocused and shrank into a narrow slit, and the 752nd hibernation in life was over.
During the entire winter of hibernation, Nidhogg did not move, and his heartbeat and breathing rates dropped to the minimum to sustain life. This period is the most dangerous period. Whether it is other giant carnivorous dangerous species that need to hibernate,
Or are humans who are dazzled by money, reputation and other factors - these people are usually regarded as ants, but they can easily kill the dragon during this period. By carefully camouflaging the entrance and exit of the nest before each hibernation, from the inside
With careful and meticulous measures such as burning the lava wall to block the entrance bend, the black dragon has safely passed through every hibernation so far.
Opening the exit of the nest, the chilly early spring breeze teased the dragon's nose, stretching its muscles and bones that had not been exposed to the sun for a long time. The dust mist caused by shaking off the ash on the scales and wings had not yet dispersed, and the huge body
Already riding the wind of Mana into the sky, splitting the smoke and dust barrier, Nidhogg began to patrol his territory, fully looking forward to the first meal of the new year. His stomach that had been empty for several months was waiting for someone to come in.
Daredevils who enter the black dragon's territory fall in. Only in this way will the embarrassing abdominal rumblings and hunger subside for a while.
In order not to disturb the prey on the ground and miss the opportunity, there is a considerable distance between Nidhogg's height and the ground. Even some birds may not be able to reach that height to help fill the gap between their teeth and crawl on the ground.
Even if a creature looks up and stares at the sky, it will only see a small, fuzzy black dot. However, the dragon's dynamic vision can accurately capture any moving objects on the ground.
The proud eyesight quickly found a similar target, a group of yellow-green lines crawling among the gray gravel at the bottom of the valley.[
Jörmngun, Nidhogg's neighbor, is an old slippery snake with a length of more than 164 feet, nearly 20% longer than Nidhogg's total length. Today, he was also twisting his body and exuding the stench of rotting flesh to look for it.
When its sacrifice saw its neighbor who also woke up from hibernation, its strong appetite was suddenly dampened.
That snake has a strangulation power that can crush the bones of an ogre. It can spray venom or poisonous gas from its mouth. It has more combat experience than Nidhogg. More importantly, the strange smell will first make the sense of smell sensitive.
The Dragon Clan can't stand it...it's totally a type that can't be swallowed, and it may cause inexplicable symptoms if it is swallowed reluctantly.
Although it is very unappetizing, the speed of the snake has somewhat aroused the curiosity of the dragon. If the crawling speed can be called leisurely on weekdays, now it is a bit close to the high-speed range. Maybe you have discovered something good? If Yoelman Gang
If De really finds something that can satisfy his hunger, it is necessary to swallow it before the bad guy does. Anyway, it's not like he can't beat the old immortal.
The black dragon, determined to make a guest appearance as a corpse bird, carefully adjusted the airflow flowing through the membrane and the mana that held up its body, slowing down its gliding speed and preventing its whereabouts from being noticed by the opponent. The high-altitude tracker followed calmly.
He soon got his reward - the triangular snake head pointed directly at a black egg lying quietly at the bottom of the valley.
It was a dark and slender oval egg, with some red, black... strange soft tree vines of various colors hanging on it. It seemed that it had rolled down from a giant fir tree or similar place to this only place.
The deserted valley of hot sand and gravel. Jorman Gund, who believes that eggs are the most delicious thing in the world, put this main item on his first menu after waking up. It is natural.
This seemed very reasonable, but Nidhogg did not think that he should take action immediately, and even rejected the possibility of lowering the altitude. The caution that had helped it avoid crises several times was ringing an alarm bell in the dragon's heart.
The alarm that was stronger than any before drove the dragon to look at the black egg again, and some details that began to emerge began to amplify the restlessness in the blood vessels.
Nidhogg had eaten a lot of eggs, but no species in his memory would lay such a special egg. The object was more like the obsidian in the dragon's collection, and the objects wrapped around it were also different from
The color and flexible material of tree vines have never been seen before, and they can never belong to any known plant, not to mention that the material wrapped in the [bark] is obviously some kind of metal.
What finally dealt a decisive blow to the dragon's luck and appetite was that no matter it was living or non-living, it would not release an ominous aura like this [black egg]. Even the dragon staying high in the sky could not taste it.
There is a numbing sensation from the scalp to the tip of the tail.
Get out of here quickly - it didn't take more than half a second to come to this conclusion and prepare to execute it, but compared with the speed at which the mutation occurred, it was almost fatally slow.
Longitudinal circumferential cracks with smooth tracks appeared on the shell of the [Black Egg], and milky white gas erupted, blocking the black dragon's sight. Jorman Gund, who was brushed by the sudden cold air on the tip of his nose, immediately tightened his body and entered like tightening a bow string.
In a similar attack posture, the triangular head hanging above the white mist continuously spits out bifurcated letters to capture the smell in the air. The organs that sense heat also enter high-speed operation. If there is a slight movement, the highly toxic liquid will be ejected from the glands, and the poisonous liquid will be ejected from the glands.
The opponent is poisoned.
The scene of thick fog turning into a white storm cannot be captured by the nearly blind eyesight of snakes, but the tiny vibrations on the ground turn into nerve signals and are transmitted to the brain. The snakes that received the signal wanted to attack, but their bodies did not react in any way.
, fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.
The visual system and the isolation of body nerve signals allowed Jorman Gundel to understand and grasp the situation. The strange scenery was deeply imprinted on Nidhogg's retina, and he looked at the vision that he had never imagined.
, the dragon’s fear instinct couldn’t even describe the impact of that scene.
A thin humanoid figure waved a huge white band in mid-air - something that looked like a snake's spine.
Jormangund's body surface has hard scales that can resist high-level spells, and the mucus attached to them can absorb physical impacts and allow attacks to slide away. Such a double line of defense, together with the muscle tissue, is as thin as paper in an instant
It seemed to be torn open, and then the spine was separated from the body and jumped into the air.
When the dragon's brain understood and accepted what was going on, the thing born from the black egg had already dealt the final blow to the dying Yorman Gund, and the smashed brain and flesh were punched out of the body.
The red and white paste burst out of the skin and sprayed onto the ground. The strangulation power that easily strangled the large ogre, the venom that corroded the flesh, the poisonous gas that paralyzed the opponent's body - none of them worked, and the 164-foot-long giant snake
Just like ants, they were killed.
A complete, one-sided killing.
Fear gripped Nidhogg's body and mind tightly. He could not stop the trembling that swept through his body using his mana. His survival instinct issued a rapid escape alarm. Leave here, leave this ominous atmosphere, and run away far away.
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But that sharp gaze clearly told Nidhogg that tampering would only lead to a tragic fate like Jörmann Gund's.
The creature on the ground, which was only as high as the dragon's finger, raised its head and looked up at the sky. After a pause for a few seconds, the hand that killed the giant snake made a waving motion towards the black spot in the sky.[
"Great Marfa! Save the unfortunate me!!"
The dragon's heart screamed like blood. Since the scream could easily be misunderstood as summoning companions or a prelude to attack, the black dragon just carefully spread the mana around its body, while controlling the expansion of its wings, while slowly
The 73-foot dragon dropped like dandelion seeds in the wind, then landed at the scene of the killing.
At the end of the landing, even the dust did not rise more than 1 foot. Nidhogg was not happy about completing such a difficult action, but he was also interested in showing off. He just lay on the gravel ground and held his head with his short hands, his whole body was slightly shaking.
The trembling rock made a sound, and the slit-like pupils looked at the powerful being with human appearance from the gap between the claws.
Something beyond recognition - the phrase when I witnessed that powerful power resurfaced, and then overlapped with the image that was imprinted on my retina and etched into my brain.
He is not a powerful giant, nor a stocky dwarf, nor an old man with a beard hanging down to his chest and skin as cracked as dry bark. The difference between the influence of the strong ones among the above-mentioned bipedal upright creatures is too big, and even makes him
Nidhogg almost forgot that he was being shrouded in the shadow of death.
The naked body is not a problem for Long's perspective. The well-proportioned, slender and slightly petite body with smooth and moist skin like pearls outlines the best statue-like line combination. When the eyes move above the neck, the perfect highlight
The combination stopped the dragon's breathing for a moment.
There are obvious differences between his handsome face and any known humanoid creature. The height of his nose bridge and cheekbones are lower than the average height. The facial muscles and skin together form a face that still has a bit of childishness. It has never been seen before.
Her jet-black hair hung in fragments in front of her forehead, and her lowered eyes were as crimson as the sunset sinking into the horizon after purifying the blood.
The vision of the dark night and the setting sun cleverly combined in one place, the face that has never been seen before flying across this continent created and loved by the ancestor gods - this is the beauty accumulated and resented by 752 years of life.
The exquisite beauty that is inferior to any jewelry is as dust compared to it. She raised her hand, spread her fingers, and pointed her palm at the dragon's head. A certain mass in her consciousness was being stirred by the hand of form. At this moment, the dragon has already
No longer afraid of death, I just put the mysterious life that deviates from the common sense of the world at the top of my appreciation, and try to figure out the mystery.
【You are a wise race.】
It was neither contempt nor exclamation. A purely business tone sounded in Nidhogg's mind in the language of the dragon.
Needing to look around in confusion, the dragon lying on the ground understood that this was the action of the being in front of him, and responded to the obedient phrase without any resistance.
【Yes, Your Excellency.】
【I need knowledge, your understanding of this world.】
【Everything belongs to you, Your Excellency.】
A smooth conversation like a master and servant for many years was naturally achieved between two creatures who had met each other for less than 2 minutes. The consciousness in his head was greeted by an explosion of light, and a strange scene passed before Nidhogg's eyes.
The raised palm dropped back, and he returned from the ground to the air. The flesh and blood on the ground retracted into Jorman Gund's jaw, and the white spine penetrated into the flesh from the air——
Is this its memory, or a retrograde memory?
Autumn hunting to store heat before hibernation, overlooking the ant-like caravan from the air 43 years ago, watching the bloody battle between armies 116 years ago, the excitement of the first hunt, the first time I bit my mother open and brought it to my eyes.
The smell when a living creature swallows it, the light and cold that sting the senses when the eggshell is broken open.
The focus of memory tracing, the other side of life.
I don’t know what it means, I don’t know why this is not the starting point of death.
Sight, hearing, feeling, and thinking are all out of reach, and even memory never existed. Not even darkness. Complete emptiness covered Nidhogg's consciousness. [